ESC Annual Report 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS
President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CEO’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Poverty Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Food & Nutrition Solutions. . . . . . . . . . .6
Health & Wellness Solutions . . . . . . . . . . 9
Housing & Energy Solutions . . . . . . . . . 12
Economic & Family Solutions . . . . . . . . 24
Education Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Capacity Building Solutions . . . . . . . . . 39
Funding Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Locations & Phone Numbers. . . . . . . . . 41
Economic Security Corporation
of Southwest Area (ESC), a
Community Action Agency is part
of a 1,000 member Community
Action Partnership, America’s
Poverty Fighting Network. ESC is
striving toward alleviating poverty
in Barton, Jasper, Newton and
McDonald counties in Southwest
Missouri.
Our professional Community Action
staff has offered hope, opportunity
and change for 53 years. Economic
Security Corporation utilizes a
multitude of community and
family opportunities designed to
support people in crisis, as well as
continuously developing innovative
approaches to solving poverty and
affecting positively the Southwest
Missouri communities.
Economic Security Corporation’s
Community Action professionals
work closely with our customers to
identify and resolve the underlying
conditions of their economic
challenges. Our current plan of
action addresses the basic needs
of virtually every individual or
family that is facing poverty –
Food, Education, Housing, Energy,
Health, Economic and Family
Security. It also emphasizes our
agency’s responsibility in ensuring
we have the resources necessary to
address these barriers. We refer to
these opportunities as ……
Solutions to Poverty
This report offers insight into
Economic Security Corporation of
Southwest Area’s current endeavors
to provide solutions to poverty that
families and our local communities
are experiencing. Our agency
offers innovative options to the
many causes and conditions of
poverty. Individuals and families
that live in our local communities
have improved their quality of life,
as can be seen in the 2017 census
data, three of our four counties
have seen a reduction in poverty.
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